Computer Management Overview

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Computer Management overview

Computer Management is a collection of administrative tools that you can use to manage a single local or remote computer. It combines several administrative utilities into a console tree, and it provides easy access to administrative properties and tools.

You can use Computer Management to:

• Monitor system events, such as logon times and application errors.

• Create and manage shared resources.

• View a list of users who are connected to a local or remote computer.

• Start and stop system services, such as Task Scheduler and Indexing Service.

• Set properties for storage devices.

• View device configurations and add new device drivers.

• Manage applications and services.

Computer Management contains three items: System Tools, Storage, and Services and Applications. For more information, see:

• System Tools overview

• Storage overview

• Services and Applications overview

Note

• If you are not a member of the Administrators group, you may not have the administrative credentials required to view or modify some properties or to perform some tasks that Computer Management hosts.